The Pear of Anguish

Ciara Cerrato is a writer and poet who received her bachelor’s in English from the University of Central Arkansas. She currently lives and works in central Arkansas, and she is a freelance writer and editor. She is at work on her first book of poetry.

This poem is the third in a three-part series featuring Ciara’s work. Her other poems on PDXX Collective included “The Refrain” and “Work.”

You are a god damned crazy bitch.

You: Because I am me or because you think I amGod Damned: Because I’m hopeless or because I ate the fruit of theCrazy Bitch: Because it’s not a soul, just a hole and hysterics inside of me —